Part VI — Bangladesh: Amar sonar Bangla — My Bengal of gold

Bangladesh: Amar sonar Bangla — My Bengal of gold11

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Marvellous your beauty’s heart,

Stupendous your duty’s life.

Small is your outer body,

But tall, extremely tall, is your inner body.

You are at once quality’s depth

And quantity’s length.

Every morning, inspiration-flower awakens you,

Aspiration-tree heightens you

And dedication-branches enlighten you.

Readiness-life, willingness-mind

And eagerness-heart you are

To barter your divinity’s breath

With humanity’s life.

Twenty-seven years ago, you saw

The light of day

To be in the galaxy of Infinity’s Light

And Immortality’s Delight.

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Janani janmabhumishcha svargadapi gariyasi

“Mother and Motherland are superior to Heaven itself.”

PCP 12. This poem was written by Sri Chinmoy in honour of the anniversary of the Independence of Bangladesh. He recited it at the closing ceremony of a parade to mark the 27th anniversary organised by the Bangladesh Students Association in New York on 26 April 1998. Sri Chinmoy was born on 27 August 1931 in Chittagong, East Bengal — now Bangladesh.↩

From:Sri Chinmoy,A peace-collecting pilgrim-soul, Agni Press, 1999
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